5 GNU Libc uses the Name Service Switch (NSS) to configure the behavior of the C
6 library for the local environment, and to configure how it reads system data,
7 such as passwords and group information. BusyBox has made it Policy that it
8 will never use NSS, and will never use and libc calls that make use of NSS.
9 This allows you to run an embedded system without the need for installing an
10 /etc/nsswitch.conf file and without and /lib/libnss_* libraries installed.
12 If you are using a system that is using a remote LDAP server for authentication
13 via GNU libc NSS, and you want to use BusyBox, then you will need to adjust the
14 BusyBox source. Chances are though, that if you have enough space to install
15 of that stuff on your system, then you probably want the full GNU utilities.
19 textutils(1), shellutils(1), etc...
23 Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org> <andersen@lineo.com>
27 The following people have contributed code to BusyBox whether
33 Erik Andersen <andersen@lineo.com>, <andersee@debian.org>
35 Tons of new stuff, major rewrite of most of the
36 core apps, tons of new apps as noted in header files.
40 Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>
42 expr, hostid, logname, tty, wc, whoami, yes
46 John Beppu <beppu@lineo.com>
48 du, head, nslookup, sort, tee, uniq
52 Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>
58 Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
60 fbset, ping, hostname, and mkfifo
64 Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com>
66 more(v2), makedevs, dutmp, modularization, auto links file,
67 various fixes, Linux Router Project maintenance
71 Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.org>
73 cp_mv.c, the test suite, various fixes to utility.c, &c.
77 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
83 Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>
85 documentation, bugfixes
89 John Lombardo <john@deltanet.com>
95 Glenn McGrath <bug1@netconnect.com.au>
101 Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru>
103 cmdedit, stty-port, locale, various fixes
104 and irreconcilable critic of everything not perfect.
108 Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>
110 Original author of BusyBox. His code is still in many apps.
114 Chip Rosenthal <chip@unicom.com>, <crosenth@covad.com>
116 wget - Contributed by permission of Covad Communications
120 Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
122 Lots of bugs fixes and patches.
126 Gyepi Sam <gyepi@praxis-sw.com>
128 Remote logging feature for syslogd
132 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
134 mkswap, fsck.minix, mkfs.minix
138 Mark Whitley <markw@lineo.com>
140 sed remix, bug fixes, style-guide, etc.
144 Charles P. Wright <cpwright@villagenet.com>
146 gzip, mini-netcat(nc)
150 Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
152 tarcat (since removed), loadkmap, various fixes, Debian maintenance
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